Brad,
It is the forum that I have bookmarked. I probably check in here about four times a day to see if there are any new posts. I read the posts and if it is anything I have a clue about I try to make a comment.

I probably go to the members area about three times a week. I don't really keep records, though. If there are new shows I think I would listen to I usually download them as soon as I see them. I usually listen to a few to see if I like the show. My biggest problem is I am working my way through so many different series I sometimes am not sure just where I am at. I think I can live with the problem, though.

I don't usually visit the home page and I don't usually read your news blurbs. I have not downloaded from the podcasts. I hope I'm not being offensive that you are putting all this work into all these things I am ignoring.

Brad,
It is the forum that I have bookmarked. I probably check in here about four times a day to see if there are any new posts. I read the posts and if it is anything I have a clue about I try to make a comment.

I probably go to the members area about three times a week. I don't really keep records, though. If there are new shows I think I would listen to I usually download them as soon as I see them. I usually listen to a few to see if I like the show. My biggest problem is I am working my way through so many different series I sometimes am not sure just where I am at. I think I can live with the problem, though.

I don't usually visit the home page and I don't usually read your news blurbs. I have not downloaded from the podcasts. I hope I'm not being offensive that you are putting all this work into all these things I am ignoring.

Shirley

No, that's fine Shirley. I'm looking for honest answers from our club members. Everyone can use the site as they see fit. I just wanted to know what the most popular features are that get used the most.

I usually come in through the "front door" (a.k.a. the homepage) and then typically head to the forums unless there's something specific I'm looking for, or I'm just in the mood to listen, in which case I head into the members' area.

I have my browser configured to automatically log me in to the forums, so I just click the "view posts since last visit" link in the upper right corner of the Forum Index page. Then I read the latest posts and respond if I felt led so to do. Once I've read the new forum posts, I may feel inspired to check out a show that's been discussed.

I rarely look at the club news on the home page because most of it is repeated in the forum.

I usually come in through the "front door" (a.k.a. the homepage) and then typically head to the forums unless there's something specific I'm looking for, or I'm just in the mood to listen, in which case I head into the members' area.

I have my browser configured to automatically log me in to the forums, so I just click the "view posts since last visit" link in the upper right corner of the Forum Index page. Then I read the latest posts and respond if I felt led so to do. Once I've read the new forum posts, I may feel inspired to check out a show that's been discussed.

I rarely look at the club news on the home page because most of it is repeated in the forum.

Yes, I put most news in the forum too. I put the names of the new shows added in the news blog and sometimes not in the forum. Or you could just click on the "Date Last Modified" link two times in the members area to see all the latest shows added. This is probably the easiest way to see them. Thanks for your comments.

I check the forums two or three times a day to see if there are any new posts. It's interesting to see what people are listening to and I help out if it is a question I can answer. I also download shows from the collection,not in massive amounts, but one at a time. Thanks for the great site Brad

Our bandwidth troubles are under control again after moving some stuff out of the free download area. Club members can download more than a few shows a day. I want you all to enjoy the website and our club. If you want to download a few hundred (or more) shows a day, than go ahead.

The bandwidth hogs are usually visitors who come by and grab all the shows on the homepage as fast as they can download them. They have no intention of becoming members of the club or visiting our forum. Or they send out robot mp3 harvesters to grab every mp3 file they run into. Songs are mostly in mp3 format so there is software written to just go out and look for mp3 files. They probably just delete our shows when they see they aren't songs.

Ah, I wondered why you had rearranged that part of things. Makes sense and I agree with you that they don't know what they're missing.

Brad wrote:

Our bandwidth troubles are under control again after moving some stuff out of the free download area. Club members can download more than a few shows a day. I want you all to enjoy the website and our club. If you want to download a few hundred (or more) shows a day, than go ahead.

The bandwidth hogs are usually visitors who come by and grab all the shows on the homepage as fast as they can download them. They have no intention of becoming members of the club or visiting our forum. Or they send out robot mp3 harvesters to grab every mp3 file they run into. Songs are mostly in mp3 format so there is software written to just go out and look for mp3 files. They probably just delete our shows when they see they aren't songs.